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| Pendleton Prison Inmate Sues For Right To Group Prayer |
| By indianapublicmedia.org - Gretchen Frazee |
| Published: 07/25/2013 |
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Indiana - An inmate at the Pendleton Correctional Facility is suing for the right to participate in group prayer. This comes on the heels of another case in which a judge ruled Muslim inmates at a federal prison had to be given the same right. The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana is filing suit on behalf of Paul Veal—an inmate at the Pendleton Correctional Facility, northeast of Indianapolis. The ACLU alleges the Department of Correction is violating Veal’s freedom of religion by not allowing him to hold communal worship and religious study. Veal is a member of an African religion that believes they’re one of the lost tribes of Israel. ACLU Legal Director Ken Falk says in November the Pendleton prison suspended group prayer unless a volunteer is present. Read More. |
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We could pray for the ACLU and explain to them that redistribution of wealth is theft and violates one of the main principles of all major religions, How will a volunteer interpret silent group prayer? Interfaithism today is convoluting the basic principles of loving our neighbor and even our enemies which will always precede loving GOD in principle,